1945 Ontario general election explained

Election Name:	1945 Ontario general election
Country:	Ontario
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	1943 Ontario general election
Previous Year:	1943
Next Election:	1948 Ontario general election
Next Year:	1948
Seats For Election:	90 seats in the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 46 seats were needed for a majority
Election Date:	June 4, 1945
Image1:	GeorgeDrew.jpg
Leader1:	George Drew
Leader Since1:	December 9, 1938
Leaders Seat1:	High Park
Last Election1:	38
Seats1:	66
Seat Change1:	28
Percentage1:	44.3%
Swing1:	8.6pp
Leader2:	Mitchell Hepburn
Leader Since2:	April 2, 1945
Leaders Seat2:	Elgin (lost re-election)
Last Election2:	15
Seats2:	14
Seat Change2:	1
Percentage2:	29.8%
Swing2:	1.4pp
Image4:	Ted jolliffe 1942.jpg
Leader4:	Ted Jolliffe
Leader Since4:	April 3, 1942
Leaders Seat4:	York South (lost re-election)
Last Election4:	34
Seats4:	8
Seat Change4:	26
Percentage4:	22.4%
Swing4:	9.3pp
Image5:	LP
Leader5:	Leslie Morris
Leader Since5:	1945
Party5:	Labor-Progressive
Leaders Seat5:	Ran in Bracondale (Lost)
Last Election5:	2
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	±0
Percentage5:	2.4%
Swing5:	1.5pp
Premier
Posttitle:	Premier after election
Before Election:	George Drew
After Election:	George Drew

The 1945 Ontario general election was held on June 4, 1945, to elect the 90 members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario.

Background

The Legislature was dissolved on March 24, 1945, upon the government's failure to defeat a non-confidence motion. The election call was delayed in order to implement new legislation relating to the collection of votes from servicemen and women overseas,^[1] but the date was later fixed for June 11. When the 1945 Canadian federal election was set for the same date, the Ontario date was accelerated by one week to June 4,^[2] in order to separate the two campaigns.

The Drew government called the election in an attempt to get a majority government. By exploiting increasing Cold War tensions, the PC Party was able to defeat Jolliffe's CCF by stoking fears about communism. Jolliffe replied by giving a radio speech (written by Lister Sinclair) that accused Drew of running a political gestapo in Ontario, alleging that a secret department of the Ontario Provincial Police was acting as a political police spying on the opposition and the media. This accusation led to a backlash, and loss of support for the CCF, including the loss of Jolliffe's own seat of York South. This probably helped Drew win his majority, although in the 1970s, archival evidence was discovered proving the charge.^[3]

Campaign

Of the 90 ridings, only 8 had two-way races; 47 were three-way contests, and the Labor-Progressives forced 30 four way races:

Riding contests, by number of candidates (1945)

Candidates	align="center"	PC	align="center"	CCF	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	LL	align="center"	Lab	align="center"	Lab-Pr	align="center"	Soc-Lab	align="center"	I-Lib	align="center"	I-PC	align="center"	Ind	align="center"	SC	align="center"	Soldier	Total
2	4	3	1										8
3	47	47	43	3	1								141
4	30	30	27	3	3	23	1			3			120
5	7	7	7			7	2		1	1	2	1	35
6	1	1	1			1	1			1			6
7	1	1	1					2			1	1	7
Total	90	89	80	6	4	31	4	2	1	5	3	2	317

Outcome

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, won a second consecutive term in office, winning a solid majority of seats in the legislature—66, up from 38 in the previous election.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by former premier Mitchell Hepburn, was returned to the role of official opposition with 11 seats, plus 3 Liberal-Labour seats that it won, out of 6 contested, in coalition with the Labor-Progressive Party (which was, in fact, the Communist Party), in an effort to marginalize the CCF. The three new Liberal-Labour MPPs were James Newman of Rainy River, Joseph Meinzinger of Waterloo North and Alexander Parent of Essex North.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Ted Jolliffe, was reduced from 34 seats to 8.

Two seats were won by the Labor-Progressive Party on its own with the re-election of A.A. MacLeod and J.B. Salsberg. The LPP contested a total of 31 ridings under the leadership of Leslie Morris who was defeated in the Toronto riding of Bracondale.

Results

^{[4] [5] [6]} |-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! colspan=5 | MPPs! colspan=3 | Votes|-! Candidates!1943!Dissol.!1945!±!#!%! ± (pp)|style="text-align:left;"|George Drew| 90 || 38 || 38 || 66 || 28 || 781,345 || 44.25 || 8.50|style="text-align:left;"|Mitchell Hepburn| 80 || 15 || 15 || 11 || rowspan="2"|1 || 479,253 || 27.14 || rowspan="2"|2.50|style="text-align:left;"|| 6 ||  - ||  - || 3 || 34,879 || 1.98 |style="text-align:left;"|Ted Jolliffe| 89 || 34 || 34 || 8 || 26 || 395,708 || 22.41 || 9.21^[7] |style="text-align:left;"|Leslie Morris| 31 || 2 || 2 || 2 || || 46,418 || 2.63 || 1.73^[8] |style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 1 || 1 ||  - || 1 || 6,359 || 0.36 || 0.41^[9] |style="text-align:left;"|| 4 ||  - ||  - ||  - ||  - || 10,805 || 0.61 || 0.44|style="text-align:left;"|| 5 ||  - ||  - ||  - ||  - || 6,995 || 0.40 || 0.21^[10] |style="text-align:left;"| || 2 ||  - ||  - ||  - ||  - || 1,875 || 0.11 || 0.07|style="text-align:left;"|| 4 ||  - ||  - ||  - ||  - || 976 || 0.06 ||  - |style="text-align:left;"|| 3 ||  - ||  - ||  - ||  - || 852 || 0.05 || Returned|style="text-align:left;"|| 1 ||  - ||  - ||  - ||  - || 328 || 0.02 || 0.02|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total|| 317 || 90 || 90 || 90 || || 1,765,793 || 100.00% || |-|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots|align="right"|17,597|style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"||-style="background:#E9E9E9;"|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout|2,469,960|72.20%|13.84|}

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1945 Ontario general election

Riding	Winning party								Turnout ^[11]	Votes
Name^[12]	1943		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		PC	Lib		CCF	Lab-Pr	Lab				Total
Addington		PC		PC	6,992	54.15%	2,113	16.36%	80.65%	6,992	4,879	–	1,042	–	–	–	–	–	12,913
Algoma—Manitoulin		Lib		PC	4,336	37.42%	168	1.45%	77.98%	4,336	4,168	–	3,083	–	–	–	–	–	11,587
Brant		Lib		Lib	7,151	47.68%	1,191	7.94%	70.12%	5,960	7,151	–	1,886	–	–	–	–	–	14,997
Brantford		CCF		PC	6,581	36.91%	26	0.15%	74.69%	6,581	6,555	–	4,266	426	–	–	–	–	17,828
Bruce		Lib		PC	7,229	46.16%	449	2.87%	76.77%	7,229	6,780	–	1,651	–	–	–	–	–	15,660
Carleton		PC		PC	9,495	59.80%	5,253	33.08%	72.09%	9,495	4,242	–	2,141	–	–	–	–	–	15,878
Cochrane North		CCF		Lib	3,573	39.07%	313	3.42%	80.91%	1,918	3,573	–	3,260	395	–	–	–	–	9,146
Cochrane South		CCF		CCF	10,521	40.29%	2,822	10.81%	79.48%	6,126	7,699	–	10,521	1,764	–	–	–	–	26,110
Dufferin—Simcoe		PC		PC	9,216	74.30%	6,028	48.60%	62.38%	9,216	–	–	3,188	–	–	–	–	–	12,404
Durham		PC		PC	7,027	53.36%	2,585	19.63%	77.00%	7,027	4,442	–	1,700	–	–	–	–	–	13,169
Elgin		Ind-Lib		PC	10,278	52.29%	2,402	12.22%	76.50%	10,278	7,876	–	1,500	–	–	–	–	–	19,654
Essex North		CCF		LL	6,801	36.41%	685	3.67%	69.28%	6,116	–	6,801	5,762	–	–	–	–	–	18,679
Essex South		PC		PC	7,688	51.99%	1,825	12.34%	74.42%	7,688	5,863	–	1,237	–	–	–	–	–	14,788
Fort William		CCF		CCF	8,197	41.88%	2,590	13.23%	74.29%	5,607	4,598	–	8,197	1,171	–	–	–	–	19,573
Glengarry		Lib		Lib	5,594	54.90%	1,613	15.83%	74.30%	3,981	5,594	–	615	–	–	–	–	–	10,190
Grenville—Dundas		PC		PC	8,843	62.17%	4,593	32.29%	65.50%	8,843	4,250	–	1,130	–	–	–	–	–	14,223
Grey North		Lib		PC	7,275	45.63%	592	3.71%	74.17%	7,275	6,683	–	1,987	–	–	–	–	–	15,945
Grey South		Lib		Lib	6,584	52.66%	1,541	12.33%	72.17%	5,043	6,584	–	876	–	–	–	–	–	12,503
Haldimand—Norfolk		PC		PC	11,943	53.64%	4,622	20.76%	71.55%	11,943	7,321	–	3,003	–	–	–	–	–	22,267
Halton		PC		PC	6,914	44.77%	1,189	7.70%	74.31%	6,914	5,725	–	2,806	–	–	–	–	–	15,445
Hamilton East		CCF		PC	10,561	41.70%	2,739	10.81%	73.12%	10,561	4,445	–	7,822	2,291	–	–	–	207	25,326
Hamilton Centre		CCF		PC	9,091	36.23%	640	2.55%	74.18%	9,091	5,633	–	8,451	1,919	–	–	–	–	25,094
Hamilton—Wentworth		CCF		PC	10,102	44.00%	3,850	16.77%	78.49%	10,102	6,252	–	6,047	556	–	–	–	–	22,957
Hastings East		PC		PC	5,928	56.90%	2,489	23.89%	72.02%	5,928	3,439	–	1,052	–	–	–	–	–	10,419
Hastings West		PC		PC	9,351	50.83%	2,910	15.82%	69.35%	9,351	6,441	–	2,604	–	–	–	–	–	18,396
Huron		PC		PC	7,081	52.67%	1,929	14.35%	74.90%	7,081	5,152	–	1,211	–	–	–	–	–	13,444
Huron—Bruce		PC		PC	7,188	52.57%	2,169	15.86%	76.53%	7,188	5,019	–	1,465	–	–	–	–	–	13,672
Kenora		CCF		CCF	3,461	33.92%	190	1.86%	73.80%	3,271	–	2,998	3,461	474	–	–	–	–	10,204
Kent East		PC		PC	7,000	53.20%	841	6.39%	78.53%	7,000	6,159	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,159
Kent West		Lib		PC	10,691	51.68%	2,555	12.35%	71.20%	10,691	8,136	–	1,861	–	–	–	–	–	20,688
Kingston		PC		PC	9,275	52.71%	2,907	16.52%	73.63%	9,275	6,368	–	1,631	322	–	–	–	–	17,596
Lambton East		Lib		PC	5,693	45.96%	86	0.69%	71.90%	5,693	5,607	–	1,087	–	–	–	–	–	12,387
Lambton West		CCF		PC	7,255	42.61%	975	5.73%	77.16%	7,255	6,280	–	3,490	–	–	–	–	–	17,025
Lanark		PC		PC	12,483	87.26%	10,660	74.51%	63.59%	12,483	–	–	1,823	–	–	–	–	–	14,306
Leeds		PC		PC	10,192	58.05%	4,229	24.09%	75.89%	10,192	5,963	–	1,403	–	–	–	–	–	17,558
Lincoln		PC		PC	16,344	49.91%	8,293	25.32%	76.03%	16,344	8,051	–	6,791	–	1,563	–	–	–	32,749
London		PC		PC	16,649	46.03%	5,390	14.90%	77.55%	16,649	11,259	–	7,863	402	–	–	–	–	36,173
Middlesex North		PC		PC	7,123	45.85%	1,764	11.35%	71.76%	7,123	5,359	–	3,055	–	–	–	–	–	15,537
Middlesex South		PC		PC	6,251	44.57%	135	0.96%	71.08%	6,251	6,116	–	1,659	–	–	–	–	–	14,026
Muskoka—Ontario		Lib		PC	8,073	47.71%	1,902	11.24%	73.95%	8,073	6,171	–	2,676	–	–	–	–	–	16,920
Niagara Falls		CCF		PC	7,014	33.39%	192	0.91%	70.22%	7,014	6,822	–	6,560	611	–	–	–	–	21,007
Nipissing		CCF		Lib	5,988	35.45%	1,123	6.65%	74.59%	4,512	5,988	–	4,865	–	–	–	1,525	–	16,890
Northumberland		PC		PC	8,674	55.70%	2,911	18.69%	76.85%	8,674	5,763	–	1,135	–	–	–	–	–	15,572
Ontario		CCF		PC	9,130	35.49%	1,079	4.19%	74.38%	9,130	8,051	–	7,693	–	852	–	–	–	25,726
Ottawa East		Lib		Lib	10,725	42.36%	4,708	18.60%	66.34%	5,287	10,725	–	2,234	–	–	6,359	–	711	25,316
Ottawa South		PC		PC	23,616	53.50%	9,167	20.77%	69.93%	23,616	14,449	–	5,571	–	–	–	–	503	44,139
Oxford		PC		PC	11,402	50.05%	3,408	14.96%	72.53%	11,402	7,994	–	3,386	–	–	–	–	–	22,782
Parry Sound		CCF		Lib	4,289	36.81%	124	1.06%	73.35%	4,165	4,289	–	3,199	–	–	–	–	–	11,653
Peel		PC		PC	9,923	56.19%	5,511	31.21%	69.10%	9,923	–	4,412	3,325	–	–	–	–	–	17,660
Perth		Lib		PC	12,302	48.24%	1,935	7.59%	72.34%	12,302	10,367	–	2,835	–	–	–	–	–	25,504
Peterborough		PC		PC	12,398	50.94%	4,684	19.25%	81.29%	12,398	7,714	–	4,225	–	–	–	–	–	24,337
Port Arthur		CCF		CCF	6,403	34.90%	2,028	11.05%	73.01%	3,254	4,375	–	6,403	1,486	–	–	2,828	–	18,346
Prescott		Lib		Lib	6,037	51.31%	2,255	19.17%	75.06%	1,946	6,037	–	3,782	–	–	–	–	–	11,765
Prince Edward—Lennox		PC		PC	7,583	57.46%	2,878	21.81%	71.84%	7,583	4,705	–	909	–	–	–	–	–	13,197
Rainy River		CCF		LL	2,583	34.59%	251	3.36%	78.63%	2,332	–	2,583	2,186	366	–	–	–	–	7,467
Renfrew North		PC		PC	6,118	45.97%	1,570	11.80%	80.89%	6,118	4,548	–	2,643	–	–	–	–	–	13,309
Renfrew South		Lib		PC	5,864	48.39%	774	6.39%	75.09%	5,864	5,090	–	1,164	–	–	–	–	–	12,118
Russell		Lib		Lib	5,925	49.94%	1,511	12.74%	65.82%	4,414	5,925	–	997	–	–	–	528	–	11,864
Sault Ste. Marie		CCF		CCF	5,623	34.69%	176	1.09%	81.51%	5,447	5,138	–	5,623	–	–	–	–	–	16,208
Simcoe Centre		PC		PC	6,229	45.22%	1,613	11.71%	77.39%	6,229	4,616	–	1,754	–	–	–	1,176	–	13,775
Simcoe East		PC		PC	7,433	50.05%	3,265	21.99%	60.10%	7,433	4,168	–	3,249	–	–	–	–	–	14,850
Stormont		PC		Lib	8,701	49.43%	2,057	11.69%	59.26%	6,644	8,701	–	1,664	594	–	–	–	–	17,603
Sudbury		CCF		CCF	13,627	47.33%	6,075	21.10%	74.80%	5,920	7,552	–	13,627	1,692	–	–	–	–	28,791
Temiskaming		CCF		CCF	4,327	39.66%	1,176	10.78%	78.17%	3,151	3,150	–	4,327	282	–	–	–	–	10,910
Victoria		PC		PC	9,732	61.39%	5,098	32.16%	75.66%	9,732	4,634	–	1,487	–	–	–	–	–	15,853
Waterloo North		CCF		LL	11,104	41.24%	1,165	4.33%	69.96%	9,939	–	11,104	5,135	745	–	–	–	–	26,923
Waterloo South		CCF		PC	8,289	42.32%	2,035	10.39%	72.64%	8,289	5,043	–	6,254	–	–	–	–	–	19,586
Welland		CCF		PC	8,161	34.55%	244	1.03%	78.35%	8,161	7,917	–	5,440	–	2,106	–	–	–	23,624
Wellington North		Lib		Lib	6,821	46.89%	24	0.16%	72.58%	6,797	6,821	–	928	–	–	–	–	–	14,546
Wellington South		CCF		PC	7,608	43.40%	1,598	9.12%	74.29%	7,608	6,010	–	3,910	–	–	–	–	–	17,528
Wentworth		CCF		CCF	9,612	39.08%	591	2.40%	70.03%	9,021	4,254	–	9,612	1,325	–	–	–	385	24,597
Windsor—Walkerville		CCF		PC	7,880	40.27%	1,596	8.16%	69.21%	7,880	–	–	5,402	–	6,284	–	–	–	19,566
Windsor—Sandwich		CCF		PC	8,487	40.59%	1,506	7.20%	67.54%	8,487	–	6,981	5,439	–	–	–	–	–	20,907
York East		CCF		PC	20,741	46.95%	5,628	12.74%	68.66%	20,741	6,163	–	15,113	753	–	–	–	1,411	44,181
York North		CCF		PC	10,348	42.16%	3,042	12.39%	72.23%	10,348	7,306	–	6,889	–	–	–	–	–	24,543
York South		CCF		PC	14,893	40.53%	768	2.09%	68.39%	14,893	6,486	–	14,125	1,024	–	–	–	220	36,748
York West		CCF		PC	16,408	43.95%	4,422	11.85%	68.84%	16,408	8,016	–	11,986	922	–	–	–	–	37,332
Beaches		PC		PC	11,676	52.38%	4,854	21.77%	70.60%	11,676	3,794	–	6,822	–	–	–	–	–	22,292
Bellwoods		Lab		Lab-Pr	6,799	33.62%	816	4.03%	70.28%	5,983	3,301	–	4,142	6,799	–	–	–	–	20,225
Bracondale		CCF		PC	6,600	35.61%	1,622	8.75%	70.77%	6,600	4,019	–	4,978	2,607	–	–	328	–	18,532
Dovercourt		PC		PC	12,236	45.67%	4,704	17.56%	68.84%	12,236	5,788	–	7,532	1,237	–	–	–	–	26,793
Eglinton		PC		PC	26,115	63.72%	18,830	45.95%	78.93%	26,115	6,450	–	7,285	1,132	–	–	–	–	40,982
High Park		PC		PC	15,238	57.19%	3,830	14.37%	72.87%	15,238	–	–	11,408	–	–	–	–	–	26,646
Parkdale		PC		PC	13,875	46.71%	6,159	20.73%	71.44%	13,875	7,716	–	6,812	1,304	–	–	–	–	29,707
Riverdale		CCF		PC	12,620	47.53%	3,871	14.58%	67.06%	12,620	4,302	–	8,749	683	–	–	–	197	26,551
St. Andrew		Lab		Lab-Pr	10,010	51.80%	5,985	30.97%	68.22%	4,025	2,505	–	2,786	10,010	–	–	–	–	19,326
St. David		CCF		PC	8,535	42.24%	2,973	14.71%	66.38%	8,535	4,924	–	5,562	1,183	–	–	–	–	20,204
St. George		PC		PC	13,153	55.34%	6,982	29.38%	65.87%	13,153	4,442	–	6,171	–	–	–	–	–	23,766
St. Patrick		PC		PC	7,974	50.21%	4,713	29.68%	68.02%	7,974	3,163	–	3,261	1,484	–	–	–	–	15,882
Woodbine		CCF		PC	12,083	43.83%	2,262	8.20%	67.78%	12,083	4,199	–	9,821	459	–	–	938	69	27,569

= open seat

= turnout is above provincial average

= winning candidate was in previous Legislature

= incumbent had switched allegiance

= incumbency arose from byelection gain

= previously incumbent in another riding

= other incumbents renominated

= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

= multiple candidates

Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place

Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place						Total
		PC	Lib	LL	CCF	Lab	I-Lib
	45	2	18	1		66
7			3		1	11
3						3
5	3					8
2						2
Total		17	48	2	21	1	1	90

Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
	66	17	7			90
	11	48	19	2		80
	8	21	59	1		89
	3	2	1			6
	2			26	3	31
		1		3		4
		1				1
				5		5
				1	2	3
				1	1	2
					2	2
					1	1

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Party
align="center"	PC	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	L-L	align="center"	CCF	align="center"	Lab-Pr	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	35	6		8	2	51
	Open seats held	2	1				3
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	25	2	2			29
	Open seats gained	3		1			4
	Return of members previously elected	1	2				3
Total		66	11	3	8	2	90

Seats that changed hands

Elections to the 22nd Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1943–1945

Party		1943	Gain from (loss to)												1945
			PC		Lib		CCF		L-L		Lbr-P		I-Lib
38			8	(1)	20						1		66
15	1	(8)			3								11
34		(20)		(3)				(3)					8
-					3								3
2													2
1		(1)											-
Total		90	1	(29)	8	(4)	26	-	-	(3)	-	-	1	-	90

There were 36 seats that changed allegiance in the election.

PC to Liberal

• Stormont

Liberal to PC

• Algoma—Manitoulin
• Bruce
• Grey North
• Kent West
• Lambton East
• Muskoka—Ontario
• Perth
• Renfrew South

CCF to PC

• Bracondale
• Brantford
• Hamilton Centre
• Hamilton East
• Hamilton—Wentworth
• Lambton West
• Niagara Falls
• Ontario
• Riverdale
• St. David
• Waterloo South
• Welland
• Wellington South
• Windsor—Sandwich
• Windsor—Walkerville
• Woodbine
• York East
• York North
• York South
• York West

CCF to Liberal

• Cochrane North
• Nipissing
• Parry Sound

CCF to Liberal-Labour

• Essex North
• Rainy River
• Waterloo North

Independent-Liberal to PC

• Elgin

Notable group of candidates

Ten candidates who were not incumbents had served as MPPs prior to 1943:

Riding	Candidate		Votes	Placed
			3,573	1st
			5,633	3rd
			6,252	2nd
			6,280	2nd
			6,822	2nd
			4,289	1st
			3,150	3rd
			7,917	2nd
			4,019	3rd
			12,083	1st

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

Notes and References

1. The Active Service Election Act, 1945. S.O.. 1945 (1st sess.). 1. https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1945onta/page/n11/mode/2up.
2. News: . April 16, 1945. Advance Ontario Election To June 4. Ottawa Citizen. 1.
3. Book: MacDonald , Donald C. . Donald C. MacDonald

   . Donald C. MacDonald . The Happy Warrior: Political Memoirs, 2nd Ed. . limited . Dundurn Press . 1998 . . 292–296 . 1-55002-307-1 .

4. Web site: 1945 General Election. . Elections Ontario . August 29, 2023.
5. News: . June 5, 1945. Returns by Ridings. Ottawa Journal. 11. Party affiliation for Robert Shantz (Waterloo South) corrected - he was a Liberal candidate: News: . South Waterloo Liberals Name Candidate For Federal Election. Waterloo Chronicle. 1.
6. Book: . 1946. Sessional Papers: Vol. LXXVIII - Part IV. Sessional Paper No. 40 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1945 . https://archive.org/details/n04ontariosession78ontauoft/page/n859/mode/2up. Toronto. King's Printer.
7. [A. A. MacLeod]
8. [Mitchell Hepburn]
9. compared with Independent Labour 1943 results
10. George Barker (York East) was an Independent-Soldier candidate, and John Beauchamp (Ottawa East) ran under the Veterans' Reform ticket.
11. including spoilt ballots
12. order is as given in EO reports